# Tim Bearden

Tim Bearden is a Republican member of the Georgia Senate for district 30.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia Senate, district 30
- Serving since: 2024-02-21
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/93f45299-bfa2-4458-844a-5c6b9bdd8c1d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/93f45299-bfa2-4458-844a-5c6b9bdd8c1d (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Bearden voted against the majority of Georgia Senate Republicans 139 times; party unity 90.9%, in the bottom tenth of the Georgia Senate (average 96.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.27 (standard error 0.03), from 173 donors and 425 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 35% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

1,406 roll calls. Attendance 93.1% (Georgia Senate 92.2%). Party unity 90.9% (96.0%). 139 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-23 · voted nay · AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTE AS AMENDED · SB 3 Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee; establish · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB3/
- 2026-06-23 · voted yea · AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTE · SB 3 Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee; establish · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB3/
- 2026-06-20 · voted yea · PASSAGE · SB 1 Glynn County; ad valorem taxes; homestead property determined annually for the special district based upon the proceeds of a new Local Homestead Option… · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB1/
- 2026-06-20 · voted yea · PASSAGE AS AMENDED · SB 3 Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee; establish · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB3/
- 2026-06-20 · voted yea · LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR · SB 1 Glynn County; ad valorem taxes; homestead property determined annually for the special district based upon the proceeds of a new Local Homestead Option… · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB1/
- 2026-06-17 · voted yea · ADOPTION · SR 3 Adjournment; relative to · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SR3/
- 2026-04-03 · voted yea · Senate Vote #987 - 2025-2026 Regular Session · HB 295 Local government; procedures for real property owners to make claims for compensation for loss of property value or expenses incurred; provisions · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB295/
- 2026-04-03 · voted yea · Senate Vote #983 - 2025-2026 Regular Session · HB 1247 Georgia Bureaucratic Deference Elimination Act; enact · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1247/
- 2026-04-03 · voted yea · Senate Vote #982 - 2025-2026 Regular Session · HB 1161 Motor vehicles; proper operation upon approach by an authorized emergency vehicle or by a law enforcement vehicle for purposes of a traffic stop;… · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1161/
- 2026-04-03 · voted yea · Senate Vote #985 - 2025-2026 Regular Session · HB 297 Ad valorem tax; define multipurpose off-highway vehicle; provisions · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB297/

## Legislation (GA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 257 bills: 257 reached committee, 209 passed one chamber, 44 passed both, 37 became law. Cosponsored 0. 81.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia Senate 76.9%; rank 20 of 53).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 4: United State Citizens; right to register and vote- CA (in committee, 2026-06-17) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SR4/
- SB 3: Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee; establish (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB3/
- SR 1069: Boger, Jennifer; recognize and commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1069/
- SR 1063: Haney, Larry Wayne; condolences (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1063/
- SR 1072: Newman, Donald; recognize and commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1072/
- SR 1071: Trott, Austin; recognize and commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1071/
- SR 1070: Touhy, Mrs. Angela W.; recognize and commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1070/
- SR 1064: Willis, Coach Wesley; recognize and commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1064/
- SR 1062: Eck, Fallon Georgeanna; celebrate the birth (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1062/
- SB 633: Motor Vehicles and Traffic; implied consent provisions; repeal and reenact (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SB633/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $117.3K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 94% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/93f45299-bfa2-4458-844a-5c6b9bdd8c1d